Remy has scored five goals in five Premier League games on Tyneside and the 26-year-old is aware there will be no shortage of offers for his signature at the end of the season.

Tottenham are among the long-term admirers of Remy and the former Marseille man is understood to be keen on a return to London, having settled quickly in the capital after joining QPR last January.

Remy earns around £80,000-a-week and Newcastle agreed in the summer to pay the France international’s salary in full after a long stand-off with QPR. The north east club have also paid a £2m loan fee for the player, meaning a £6m payment would be enough to activate the £8m clause in his contract.

Newcastle have already been stung once by Remy’s desire to live in London, when he had a late change of heart in January having verbally agreed on a switch to St James’ Park.

Remy, who featured in both games for the France team during the international break, has refused to offer Newcastle encouragement over a permanent switch and has remained coy on his future.

"I am really enjoying it at Newcastle, but what happens next I don't know," he said this week. "For the moment, the question of staying beyond my loan period is not in my head.